Prominent YABLOKOs activists Natalia Yevdokimova and
Andrei Babushkin have been appointed members of the Presidential
Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights.
They were recommended to the Human Rights Council basing on
the results of an Internet voting. Presidential decree on
the appointment of new Council members has been signed and
published today.
"The Council has been an effective mechanism, it has
revealed to the public many violations of civil rights,"
said Andrei Babushkin, Chair of the "Committee for Civil
Rights" and YABLOKO Bureau member.
"I am convinced that such a large number of human rights
activists in this body, its openness to the public, and, I
hope, President's attention to this body can help in work
of protection of human rights. The Council I will do the same
thing [I have been engaged with for many years] - development
of the law on public control [over the governments] and spread
of the institute of amending judicial errors. We will seek
so that the removal of judicial errors would became a part
of the Criminal Administrative Code and subordinate legislation
and regulations," noted Babushkin.
"Hopefully, it will be easier to work for us because
we feel a friends shoulder, says Natalia Yevdokimova, Executive
Secretary of the Human Rights Council of St. Petersburg and
YABLOKO member. The Council joins together many well-known
human rights activists, and for us it is an opportunity to
cooperate with them and discuss things with experienced people".
"We know the attitude of our officials to various credentials.
But I have managed to solve peoples problems as a private
person Natalia Yevdokimova. However, I hope that the status
of member of the Human Rights Council will help me to do more,"
says Yevdokimova.
According to Natalia Yevdokimova, the main issue in her work
in the Council, will be migration policy.
"Today, migration issues have been hardly raised and
addressed, the [government] prefers to find an enemy, thus
distracting people from our domestic problems. In my opinion,
we are in a deadlock because the state does not have a clear
migration policy. A recently published concept [on migration],
and I hope that new laws will be adopted on this basis. This
is one of the main challenges I see for myself," she
said.
It should be noted that the candidacy of Natalia Yevdokimova
was proposed by YABLOKOs Alexander Shishlov, Ombudsman in
St. Petersburg.
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Human
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